How to configure sysstat/sar on Ubuntu/Debian

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http://www.leonardoborda.com/blog/how-to-configure-sysstatsar-on-ubuntudebian/

Step 1.  Install sysstat
sudo apt-get install sysstat

Step 2. Enable stat collection
sudo vi /etc/default/sysstat
change ENABLED=”false” to ENABLED=”true”
save the file

Step 3. Change the collection interval from every 10 minutes to every 2 minutes.
sudo vi /etc/cron.d/sysstat
Change
5-55/10 * * * * root command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1
To
*/2 * * * * root command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1
save the file

Step 4. Restart sysstat
sudo service sysstat restart

Step 5. If you want to see all statistics you can type:
sar -A

Step 6. If you want to save the statistics for further analysis to a file use:
sudo sar -A > $(date +`hostname`-%d-%m-%y-%H%M.log)